Politico reported Tuesday on a series of vile messages shared by prominent members of Young Republican groups that included racist, antisemitic and violent comments and praise of Adolf Hitler.
And in the hours that followed, the GOP response was mostly critical.
Key GOP leaders, including the national Young Republicans organization itself, denounced the Telegram messages and called for those who sent the messages to be removed from their posts in local Young Republican groups. Some officials were reportedly relieved of their duties, and Politico reported at least two apologized. Even Roger Stone, a bare-knuckle political operator if there ever was one, said he denounced such comments “in the strongest possible terms.”
But then along came Vice President JD Vance. He argued for a far different approach.
Pointing to recently disclosed violent messages from Democratic Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, Vance basic
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